Top five free things to do in Rapid City

I was going through some old e-mails recently and found one that I missed from the Rapid City Convention and Visitors Bureau. It’s the bureau’s 2009 list of the top-five free things to do in Rapid City. Here’s the list, with the bureau’s...

South Dakota rodeo museum opens

Many of the all-time great professional cowboys and cowgirls have hailed from South Dakota. That’s why it’s nice to hear that the state finally has a museum dedicated solely to the sport of rodeo. The Casey Tibbs South Dakota Rodeo Center at Fort Pierre...

Geocaching South Dakota

Although it’s August and the back to school sales are popping up everywhere, summer is not over in South Dakota.  There’s still time to get out and enjoy the state before the leaves change and the lower temperatures move in. Geocaching can be one way...

Wineries of South Dakota

A recent version of the Wall Street Journal’s Wine Events column drew attention to one of South Dakota’s wineries, Prairie Berry Winery. In a piece titled "All Aboard for Trains and Wine," the Journal included some brief information about the...